The More Pious You Become, The Harder the Trials You Face



The Prophet {SAW} was asked, “Which group of people has the greatest trial? He said, “The Prophets and the righteous ones; everyone is tested according to his religious knowledge.”--At-Tirmidhi



In the book, Ain Al-Hayat, Muhammad Al-Baqir says that Allah SWT sent two angels to earth. They met each other halfway to the destination. One asked the other why Allah SWT had sent him to the earth? The other asked the first, why he had been sent?

The first angel said, “In Babel, a sinner has wished to have fish. I have been ordered to snare the fish towards the net of the fisherman in the Babel Sea so that the wish of that cruel person is fulfilled and he gets his heart’s fill of whatever he wants in this world only.”

Then, asked the second angel, “What is your errand?” The second angel said, “I have been ordered to perform a very unusual task! A pious mu’min always keeps himself busy in prayer at night  and fasts during the day. His piety is the subject of adulation amongst the inmates of the Firmament!

At this moment he has put a pot on the fire to cook his broth for breaking the fast. I have to go and turn that pot over. The purpose is that the mu’min gets closer to Allah SWT from more hardship caused to him.”

May Allah SWT grant us knowledge and understanding. Aameen


Reference: Ain-Al Hayat, The Essence of Life

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